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Removal of a Lung Lobe Through Small Incisions

South Carolina rates for HCPCS 32663

Removes an entire lobe — one of the main sections of a lung — using a camera and long instruments passed through a few small cuts between the ribs, instead of opening the chest widely. It is most often done for a cancer or other growth confined to one lobe. Recovery is usually quicker than after a large chest incision.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Removal of a Lung Lobe Through Small Incisions cost?

$2,509

Typical total for the visit. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,509 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,413 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,096 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,413$219 to $1,862
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,096$603 to $4,074

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,096 · 10th to 90th $437 to $8,511Professionalmedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $135 to $2,291
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $1,096professional $1,413

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$22,908.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,949.84
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$1,778.28
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,570.40
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,905.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,951.21
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$3,801.89
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,089.30
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,290.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$8,709.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,818.38
11 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$831.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,230.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,148.15
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,230.27
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$489.78
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$338.84
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$338.84
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$338.84

Where South Carolina sits

The same service costs 13.5 times more in Maine than in Washington. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility fee

South Carolina· 45th of 51

$2,509

$1,413 physician + $1,096 facility

ME $28,253WA $2,096

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.